Transported (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)

Reborn's Birthday (Part 3)

Published: 3/1/20

3rd Person's P.O.V

 The bottle pointed at Tsunami, who gulped. Reborn smirked. "Truth or dare, Tsunami?"

 "T-truth!"

 If possible, Reborn's smirk seemed even more mischievous. "Then, tell us, out of everyone here in this room, who do you like the best?"

 This question made everyone's attention turn to Tsunami, who was fidgeting. "I-I mean, everyone's my friend, so.."

 "Only one, Tsunami."

 "Don't make me choose," Tsunami cried in exasperation. At the look of the others Tsunami sighed in resignation. Grumbling to herself, she said, "I can't. I'll just take a cookie."

 Tsunami reached for a cookie and took a bite. Reborn crossed his arms. "You got a sweet cookie, didn't you." It was a statement rather than a question.

 "Wha- how?! I made sure to keep my face neutral."

 "It was obvious. The moment you took a bite of the cookie, your eyes showed a hint of relief." It was Verde who answered her.

 "Darn it."

 "Ha! Looks like you need more training, kora! Reborn didn't do a good job teaching you, did he? Train with me, I'll teach you better than Reborn could ever dream of, kora!"

 "You're the one that's dreaming, Colonnello," Reborn retorted. "Moving on. Tsunami, your punishment is to keep that bunny outfit on for the rest of the day. No objections."

 Tsunami opened and closed her mouth multiple times before finally slumping in defeat. She spun the bottle next. It pointed to Mukuro.

 Without hesitation, Kyoya immediately asked, "Truth or dare?"

 Not wanting to seem like a scaredy cat, Mukuro answered, "Dare."

 Smirking, Kyoya handed Mukuro a pineapple, an apple, and a knife. "Cut the fruits. Then serve."

 Mukuro's eye twitched. "You're... joking, right?"

 "Hn."

 "Tch, fine." Mukuro went into the kitchen to cut the fruits. He came out a little after, holding a plate full from the slices of the pineapple and apple he just chopped.

 Kyoya took one from the plate and deliberately chewed slowly, amused by Mukuro's expression. Mukuro rolled his eyes and plopped back down in the circle. He spun the bottle next.

 It pointed to Fon. Reborn asked, "Truth or dare?"

 "Truth."

 "Are you related to Kyoya in any way? If so, then how?"

 Fon glanced at Kyoya hesitantly, unsure if he should answer the question or not.

 "That... I cannot say." Fon reached for a cookie. Masking his expressions perfectly, the game went on.

 This time, it was Verde. He chose truth.

 Tsunami asked out of curiosity, "Would you give up all your knowledge in exchange for never receiving the curse?"

 After thinking for a moment, Verde replied, "No."

 "Why is that?"

 Pushing up his glasses, he responded, "You never know how humans can act with the information that I have. It's too dangerous. Besides, I simply would have waited until you came along and cured the curse, couldn't I?"

 Without waiting for a response, Verde spun the bottle. It landed on Colonnello.

 Grinning, Colonnello didn't even wait for the question. "I choose dare, kora!"

 "Good. You wouldn't be a man otherwise," Lal commented.

 "I dare you to do 1,000 push-ups."

 "Psh, that's easy, kora."

 Colonnello spun the bottle before he went to work. The bottle turned to Lambo.

 "Truth or dare?"

 Lambo lazily looked at Reborn. "Yare, yare. It's too bothersome to choose dare, but I don't want to look like I'm scared, so dare it is."

 Reborn smirked, "No candy for you for a week."

 "Eh?! Why?!" Lambo's childish demeanor came back for a few seconds.

 Reborn's eyes glinted. "For revenge, of course. Don't think I don't know that you were the one who drank all my coffee a few days ago."

 Lambo cursed himself for being so careless. Then, he spun the bottle.

 This time Viper was the one that was chosen by the bottle. Without waiting for anyone to ask, Viper said, "Truth."

 "Tell us your gender."

 Viper's mouth opened and a sigh escaped. Everyone leaned forward in anticipation, but Viper reached to grab a cookie instead. Almost everyone sighed in disappointment.

 "Haha, guess Viper isn't gonna tell us," Takeshi laughed.

 The game continued after Viper finished the cookie. With Viper's clothes covering their expressions, they couldn't exactly tell which cookie they got.

 Viper spun the bottle, which pointed at Reborn.

 Tsunami grinned. "Truth or dare, Reborn?"

 "Truth."

 Tsunami stared at Reborn with surprise. She had thought that Reborn would definitely choose dare.

 "Are you that scared, kora?!" Colonnello teased.

 Reborn replied, "No. But if I chose dare, you wouldn't have the guts to make me do anything."

 Colonnello growled, "Wanna try me, kora?!"

 "A-anyway,"Tsunami butted in, trying to keep the peace. "How old are you? Mentally, I mean."

 Reborn glanced at Tsunami. "Why do you care?"

 "Well, it's your birthday.."

 Reborn shrugged, "Dunno. I don't keep track of this type of stuff."

 Tsunami sighed, "And here was my chance of learning just how ancient you are."

 Hayato gulped, "T-Tsunami, I don't think that was the wisest thing to say..."

 Leon suddenly appeared on Reborn's finger, shifting into a rolled up newspaper. Reborn whacked Tsunami's head with the Leon-newspaper and demanded, "Should you really be saying that to your tutor? Do you want me to upgrade your training?"

 "H-HIIE, SORRY!! I didn't mean it!"